It is expected that the Supreme Court’s order will allow the rules of services and the review of the cadre within six months. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad
On Friday (23 May 2025), the Supreme Court ruled that group officers and central armed police forces (CAPF) of the batch dating back to 1986 are considered “organized services” for “all purposes”.
The bench of justice as an eye and justice took Bhuyan in the judgment that the representation of police police services (IPS) officers in higher administrative classes (SAG) or up to the rank of General Inspector (IG) in CAPFS should be “progressively reduced for time, say in two years”. It was the last day of justice’s meshes in the office.
The judgment of Friday (May 23, 2025) prepares a way for the rules of service or recruitment rules to be changed, allowing all interconnected advantages of organized Group A (OGAS) services to review CAPF and cadre within six months.
Currently, 20% of the contributions in the rank of the Deputy Inspector (DIG) and 50% of the contributions in the rank of the General Inspector (IG) at CAPF are reserved for IPS officers.
The decision is likely to benefit about 13,000 CAPF officers. CAPF official said that currently an officer who joined as a commander’s assistant (AC), it takes 25 years to be promoted as a commander, while he or she should achieve a seniority in 13 years. The rank rank official said he had reached this position after 31 years against the 21 -year -old holding.
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The Ministry of the Interior (MHA) is a CAPF cadre body.
CAPF includes border security forces (BSF), central industrial security forces (CISF), Central Reserve Police (CRPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
This question was previously explored by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court in 2015 and 2019, if it was decided that CAPF was coming, among other things, in the category of organized services such as Indian Foreign Service and India Revenue Service (IRS).
In 2021, Group and CAPF officers turned to the top court and were looking for non -functional financial modernization (NFFu), review and restructuring, and changing the rules of recruitment to remove IP reputation, and allow internal promotion to bend.
The court stated that “the core of the complaints of the petitioners, as it seems, are not recognized as OGA, Grant NFF and Stagnation of Services”.
In 2006, as part of the recommendation of the sixth Central Commission for the Central Commission, the concept of NFFu, which dealt with the stagnation between Group A officials, was presented in the event of lack of jobs, therefore, if the officer of the organized service is promoted, other benefits will also receive financial improvements even if they are not promoted.
“The complaint focuses on the existing recruitment rules that ensures side access to their relevant services through representing various features of the IP officers, resulting in their stagnation in their career in the service,” the court said. The petitioners argued that as soon as CAPF was announced as OGA for “all purposes”, there will be followed steps such as cadre control and restructuring services/recruitment rules, eliminating lateral entry, such as deputies.
The Center told the court that “being an armed union force is the purpose of keeping each CAPF suitable for fighting and ensuring coordinated steps between the states and the center of the federal framework of our country” and “IPS officers” representation is necessary.
The court stated that it could not be “ignoring the complaint” expressed by CAPF.
“Dedicated Service UPholding The Security, Integrity and Sovereignty of the Nation Wheile Safeguarding Our Borders and Maintaining Internal Security Within the Country Cannot Be ignored or Grievied. Because of Lateral Entry to the Higher Grades of the respective Capfs, They Are Unable to Get Their Timely Promotion.
Published – May 23, 2025 23:29
